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Research provides evidence of neutrophil subtypes with conflicting functions and neutrophil plasticity

27-Jan-2015

New research from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem shows that the most common form of white blood cells, called neutrophils, contain many different subtypes, of which some fight the development of cancer and others promote its progression. The research could help pave the way to new therapies ...

Evogene Ltd. and Marrone Bio Innovations Inc. announced the signing of a multiyear collaborative agreement targeting the joint discovery of novel modes of biological action for insect control, followed by the development and commercialization of new insect control products by each of the ...

PolyPid announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued a Notice of Allowance for U.S. application Serial Number 13/574,040, a patent covering compositions for sustained and/or controlled release of nucleic acid agents. A Notice of Allowance is the formal USPTO ...

Study by BGU researcher and colleagues on most significant health threat from climate change featured in Nature

02-Jun-2014

Crops that provide a large share of the global population with most of their dietary zinc and iron will have significantly reduced concentrations of those nutrients at the elevated levels of atmospheric CO2 anticipated by around 2050, according to research published in Nature. Given that an ...

People born unable to see are readily capable of learning to perceive the shape of the human body through soundscapes that translate images into sound, according to researchers who report their findings in the Cell Press journal Current Biology on March 6. With a little training, soundscapes ...

What causes brain damage and inflammation in severe cases of Gaucher disease? Little is known about the events that lead to brain pathology in some forms of the disease, and there is currently no treatment available – a bleak outlook for sufferers and their families. Now, scientists at the ...

Merck is increasingly counting on partnerships with Israeli biotech companies, as demonstrated by its cooperation with Metabomed and ChanBio, both of which joined the Merck Serono Israel Bioincubator now. Merck is already cooperating with multiple Israeli start-up companies such as Qlight ...

A new kind of genetic switch can target the activities of just one type of brain cell

27-Nov-2013

Mysterious brain cells called microglia are starting to reveal their secrets thanks to research conducted at the Weizmann Institute of Science.
Until recently, most of the glory in brain research went to neurons. For more than a century, these electrically excitable cells were believed to perform ...

D-Pharm Ltd announced receipt of approval from the regulatory authorities in the Ukraine to commence a Phase IIa clinical study of THR-18, to be given with the clot buster drug tissue plasminogen activator (tPA), in patients with acute ischemic stroke. THR-18 is a synthetic therapeutic peptide ...

Researchers in Israel have identified a new catalytic anti-oxidant that could be a promising alternative to statins – the most prescribed cholesterol-lowering drugs in the world.
Statins reduce cholesterol levels in the body by acting as competitive inhibitors of 3-hydroxy-3-methyl-glutaryl-CoA ...